Hi Matthew-
How do you clean your brushes? With solvent? That might have something to do with it wearing out quicker, but it shouldn't wear out at the rate you're saying. What kind of brush? One meant for oils? What kind of canvas? Coarse or fine? Do you scrub your paint into your canvas? As you can see, there's a lot of variables to take into consideration. Plus there is always the chance you got a bad brush. I bought some sables from a company that came highly recommended on this site. The majority were fine, but one came unglued from the brush stem.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Severson
Hello everybody! Im very confused here.
Is there a secret to keeping brushes intact? On average- my brushes will start becoming extremely coarse (even fall apart) after the first cleaning. Is this due to poor quality? Or lack of knowledge in cleaning? Perhaps both.
Im not exactly wealthy, so having to buy new brushes on a weekly basis is a bit of a problem. I usually buy very low quality brushes, but have purchased more expensive brands that also fell apart.
My Finest Sable - Winsor & Newton fell apart in the first several days. 
~ I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG ~
Matthew |